Abdominal confluence of lymph trunks: Detectability and morphology on heavily T2-weighted images

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-40

  Erden, Ayse ^a   Fitoz, Suat ^a   Yagmurlu, Banu ^a   Erden, Ilhan ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LYMPHANGIOGRAPHY; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THORACIC DUCT; VERTEBRA BODY;

EID: 11144285370     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.184.1.01840035     Document Type: Article

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